@dmendyk - That's interesting that AWS is such a big thing for Amazon, it isn't even a service I really use from them and I'm a bit of an Amazon freak. (Obviously they have more than just me for a customer, I just think it's interesting.)

I agree.
Until recently I'd say it's more because I tend to prefer my Apple TV and Amazon isn't an option on there, but I finally got around to watching on my kindle and I really find the way they mix in the included, free content with the content you need to rent or buy annoying. :-/

@faryl, @afwriter - This should be a concern for them. Navigation/UI/personalization/reccomendation - this is becoming really critical. Even pay-TV providers are putting a lot of developmental effort into improving this experience. Given that Amazon was the first company to really invest in taking the hassle out of online shopping, you would think they would really target this area. There's no point having the largest library if no one can find anything there.

Amazon's profitability was dodgy until AWS took off. AWS is where the profit is for Amazon. The consumer businesses are high volume, low profit. Nothing wrong with that, but AWS makes the whole picture much brighter.

<Ignore stuff like profit margins and sustainability, and somehow things will work out.>

@mendyK it did start out that way, which made me wonder how long it did take to get profitable. I dug this out: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=87393

But there was no doubt about the fourth quarter of 2001: Driven by an extraordinary burst in the Christmas shopping season (apparently there was more fear of bombs at Borders than anthrax in Amazon boxes), Amazon finally crossed over into the Land of the Black Numbers.

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